"Films in October 2008. In December 2012, a new production of ""The Rocky Horror Show"" began a year-long UK tour to celebrate the show's 40th anniversary. Christopher Luscombe has returned to direct the production which stars Oliver Thornton as Frank N. Furter, Ben Forster (winner of ITV1 series ""Superstar"") as Brad Majors until February 2013, Roxanne Pallett (of ""Emmerdale"") as Janet Weiss until May 2013 and Rhydian Roberts (of ""The X Factor"") as Rocky until March 2013. Unlike recent productions, the tour will not feature interchanging guest Narrators with Philip Franks taking on the role. The show also features Kristian"
"Friday Foster (film) Friday Foster is a 1975 American blaxploitation film written and directed by Arthur Marks and starring Pam Grier in the title role. Yaphet Kotto, Eartha Kitt, Scatman Crothers and Carl Weathers co-starred. It was an adaptation of the 1970-74 eponymous syndicated newspaper comic strip, scripted by Jim Lawrence and illustrated by Jorge Longarón and Gray Morrow. This was Grier's final film with American International Pictures. The tagline on the film's poster is ""Wham! Bam! Here comes Pam!"" Friday Foster (Grier) is an ex-magazine model turned magazine photographer who refuses to heed her boss's admonitions against becoming involved"
"Hassett in ""The Other Side of the Mountain"". The Fortune The Fortune is a 1975 American comedy film starring Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty, and directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Adrien Joyce focuses on two bumbling con men who plot to steal the fortune of a wealthy young heiress, played by Stockard Channing in her first film starring role. Nicky Wilson (Beatty) and Oscar Sullivan (Nicholson) are inept 1920s scam artists in Northeastern United States who see pay dirt in the guise of Fredericka Quintessa ""Freddie"" Bigard (Stockard Channing), the millionaire heiress to a sanitary napkin fortune. She"
"Special"", as the producers used stock footage from ""A New Hope"". His other film appearances included ""The Body Stealers"" (1969), ""Twinky"" (1969), ""Villain"" (1971), ""The Ruling Class"" (1972), ""The Glitterball"" (1977), ""The Wild Geese"" (1978), ""Force 10 from Navarone"" (1978), ""Silver Dream Racer"" (1980) and ""Dead Man's Folly"" (1986). TV appearances in science fiction programmes include two ""Doctor Who"" stories, ""The War Games"" (1969) and ""The Face of Evil"" (1977), and as prison ship officer Raiker in the ""Blake's 7"" episode ""Spacefall"" (1978). He appeared in an episode of ""Midsomer Murders"" entitled ""Vixen’s Run"" and an episode of ""Minder"", ""You"
"the cult independent horror film ""Vampyres"" (1974); the classic 1976 mystery farce ""Murder by Death""; and the 1978 Peter Cook and Dudley Moore comedy, ""The Hound of the Baskervilles"". Freddie Frances was inspired by Oakley Court's exteriors and long wished to set a film there; his 1970 ""Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny, and Girly"" was written specially to take advantage of the unique landscaping and architecture. It is perhaps best known as Dr. Frank N. Furter's castle (called The Frankenstein Place) in ""The Rocky Horror Picture Show"" (1975). During filming, actress Susan Sarandon who played Janet Weiss came down with pneumonia because"
"""First, I'm a woman."" Friday Foster (film) Friday Foster is a 1975 American blaxploitation film written and directed by Arthur Marks and starring Pam Grier in the title role. Yaphet Kotto, Eartha Kitt, Scatman Crothers and Carl Weathers co-starred. It was an adaptation of the 1970-74 eponymous syndicated newspaper comic strip, scripted by Jim Lawrence and illustrated by Jorge Longarón and Gray Morrow. This was Grier's final film with American International Pictures. The tagline on the film's poster is ""Wham! Bam! Here comes Pam!"" Friday Foster (Grier) is an ex-magazine model turned magazine photographer who refuses to heed her boss's"
"The Fortune The Fortune is a 1975 American comedy film starring Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty, and directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Adrien Joyce focuses on two bumbling con men who plot to steal the fortune of a wealthy young heiress, played by Stockard Channing in her first film starring role. Nicky Wilson (Beatty) and Oscar Sullivan (Nicholson) are inept 1920s scam artists in Northeastern United States who see pay dirt in the guise of Fredericka Quintessa ""Freddie"" Bigard (Stockard Channing), the millionaire heiress to a sanitary napkin fortune. She loves the already married Nicky, but because the"
"A Ghost of a Chance 1973, Ground Zero 1973 Acapulco Gold 1973, The Magician 1973, Flash Gordon 1974, Hearts and Minds 1974, It's Good to Be Alive 1974, Blood on the Mountain 1974, Happy Days: Tell It to the Marines 1975, Happy Days: They Call It Potsie Love 1975, Happy Days: Fonzie's New Friend 1975, Happy Days: Three on a Porch 1975, Happy Days: A Date with Fonzie 1975, Happy Days: Fonzie the Flatfoot 1975, Happy Days: Howard's 45th Fico # 1975, Happy Days: Jailhouse Rock 1975, Happy Days: Richie Fights Back 1975, Happy Days: The Other Richie Cunningham 1975,"
"first week sold out in 72 hours so a second week was added. A charity gala night on 17 September at the Playhouse featured actors Stephen Fry, Anthony Head and former Spice Girl Emma Bunton sharing the role of narrator. A UK-wide tour followed the London production. In 1978, ""The Rocky Horror Show"" received its first regional production of Australia. Under the direction of Terry O'Connell and Les Winspear, the production was staged by the Riverina Trucking Company (RTC) in the city of Wagga Wagga, where it played for a three-week run. The cast featured Terry O'Connell as Frank-N-Furter, Bob"
"Frank N. Furter, a transvestite, Sue manipulates Carl into saving the musical. He auditions with the song ""Hot Patootie"", but feels that it would be more appropriate for him to play Eddie. The role of Frank, traditionally played by a male, is instead claimed by Mercedes Jones (Amber Riley). Will grows increasingly jealous of Carl as he joins the production. When Sam becomes hesitant to wear his skimpy costume, Will decides that he will play Rocky instead, and asks Emma to rehearse the suggestive ""Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me"" with him. Will is later called into Principal Figgins' (Iqbal Theba)"
"The Adventures of Frontier Fremont The Adventures of Frontier Fremont (known in the U.K. as Spirit of the Wild) is a 1976 film starring Dan Haggerty. It was one of the better Sunn Classic Pictures. Fremont (Dan Haggerty), of 19th-century St. Louis, gives up his job as a tinsmith in favor of a life in the mountains. Here he becomes friends with the animals and with other like-minded frontiersmen. Denver Pyle, a veteran Sunn Classics performer, co-stars as ""the old mountaineer."" ""The Adventures of Frontier Fremont"" stars, Haggerty, Pyle and Don Shanks; all three appeared In the TV series ""The"
"After two years starring in ""Hair"" he moved on to ""The Tooth of Crime"" by Sam Shepard at Nimrod, his own musical ""Lasseter"" for the Old Tote, and then joined the cast of the acclaimed Australian production of ""Jesus Christ Superstar"" for Harry M. Miller, where he won rave reviews for his show-stopping performance as King Herod. In 1974 he was rewarded with one of his greatest and best-known roles, Dr Frank’n’Furter in the original Australian production of ""The Rocky Horror Show"", and he also performed the role for the Australian cast recording. In 1975, at the request of producer"
"Blind Fury Blind Fury is a 1989 American samurai action comedy film written by Charles Robert Carner (of ""Gymkata"" fame) and directed by Phillip Noyce. It is a loosely based, modernized remake of ""Zatoichi Challenged"", the 17th film in the Japanese ""Zatoichi"" film series. The film stars Rutger Hauer as Nick Parker, a blind, sword-wielding Vietnam War veteran, who returns to the United States and befriends the son of an old friend. Parker decides to help the boy find his father, who has been kidnapped by a major crime syndicate. While serving in Vietnam, American soldier Nick Parker (Rutger Hauer)"
"of context. According to him, it was just a discussion about the casting of actress Laverne Cox for the main role of the musical. The musical had its New Zealand premiere in 1978, where it went on a national tour. The cast featured controversial rocker Gary Glitter as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Jenni Anderson as Janet Weiss, John Collingwood-Smith as Brad Majors, Sal Sharah as Riff-Raff (reprising his role from the original Australian premiere), Sharron Skelton as Magenta/Usherette, Suburban Reptiles vocalist Clare Elliott (under the stage name ""Zero"") as Columbia, Paul Johnstone (a former understudy from the original Australian premiere) as Eddie/Dr."
"groups originated in 1977 at the Fox Theatre, where Michael Wolfson, portraying Frank, won a look-alike contest, as well as another at the Tiffany Theater on Sunset Blvd. Wolfson's group would perform in all of the LA area theaters screening ""Rocky Horror"", including the Balboa Theater in Balboa, The Cove at Hermosa Beach and The Sands in Glendale, and was invited to perform at the Sombrero Playhouse in Phoenix, Arizona. At the Tiffany Theatre, the audience performance cast had the theater's full cooperation; the local performers entered early and without charge. The Frank N. Furter for this theatre was performed"
"Concern (1976) - A Deadly Policy (1976) - Sleepwalker (1976) - Murder in Mind (1973) 1975 Quiller (TV Series) (1 episode) - Mark the File Expendable (1975) - The Rough and the Smooth (1975) - Distant Islands (1974) - Dancing in the Dark (1974) - O Canada (1975) - The Coming of the Cross (1975) 1974 The Capone Investment (TV Series) (6 episodes) - Final Innings (1974) - One Killer Makes Two (1974) - Money in the Bank (1974) - The Citizen from Chicago (1974) - The Grass Is Greener (1974) 1973-1974 - The Furnished Room (1974) - Ice Storm"
"Baines as Narrator, Kim Hillas as Usherette, Lynne Erskine as Janet Weiss, Toby Prentice as Brad Majors, Myles O'Meara as Riff Raff, Janette Crowe as Magenta, Elaine Mangan as Columbia, Les Winspear as Rocky Horror, and Ken Moffat as Eddie/Dr. Scott. In 1981, director Peter Barclay's new interpretation of RTC production, marked by a fusion of directorial integrity and razzle-dazzle of colour and movement, opened on 22 July 1981 at Civic Theatre, Wagga Wagga. The cast included Terry O'Connell as Frank-N-Furter (reprising his role from the 1978 production), Annie Stanford as Janet, Paul Minifie as The Narrator, Bob Baines (another"
"(5.1/10) on IMDb. Tiger Fangs Tiger Fangs is a 1943 American adventure/thriller film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Frank Buck and June Duprez. It was distributed Producers Releasing Corporation. Frank Buck tangles with Nazis who have been doping tigers in Malaya, thereby making man-eaters of them. With the cats on a rampage, rubber production is seriously curtailed and the Allied war effort jeopardized. Buck and his associates, Peter Jeremy, Geoffrey MacCardle and Linda McCardle, thwart the Teutonic malefactors: the villainous Nazi Dr. Lang (Arno Frey) and his portly accomplice Henry Gratz. Thereafter, life is safe once again in the"
"The Enforcer (1976 film) The Enforcer is a 1976 American action thriller and the third in the ""Dirty Harry"" film series. Directed by James Fargo, it stars Clint Eastwood as Inspector ""Dirty"" Harry Callahan, Tyne Daly as Inspector Kate Moore and DeVeren Bookwalter as terrorist leader Bobby Maxwell. It was also the last film in the series to feature John Mitchum as Inspector Frank DiGiorgio. In Marin County, two gas company men are lured by a scantily-clad woman (Jocelyn Jones) to a remote spot in Mill Valley and killed by Bobby Maxwell (DeVeren Bookwalter). Maxwell's gang, the People's Revolutionary Strike"
"groups originated in 1977 at the Fox Theatre, where Michael Wolfson won a look-alike contest as Frank N. Furter, and won another at the Tiffany Theater on Sunset Boulevard. Wolfson's group eventually performed in all of the L.A. area theaters screening ""Rocky Horror"", including the Balboa Theater in Balboa, The Cove at Hermosa Beach, and The Sands in Glendale. He was invited to perform at the Sombrero Playhouse in Phoenix, Arizona. At the Tiffany Theatre, the audience performance cast had the theater's full cooperation; the local performers entered early and without charge. The fan playing Frank for this theatre was"
"Monte Markham instead of Raymond Burr). The series was short-lived, ending mid-season after only 15 episodes. Marks's next film, 1975's ""Bucktown"", starring Fred Williamson and Pam Grier, found considerable financial success and established Marks as a director in the Blaxploitation genre. It attracted the attention of James Nicholson and Samuel Arkoff's American International Pictures, which distributed the picture and subsequently distributed most of Mark's later films. Following the success of ""Bucktown"", Marks acquired the rights to the comic strip ""Friday Foster"", adapting it into a 1975 film starring Pam Grier. The script, co-written with Hampton, adds themes of black political"
"original, uncut, version of ""Rocky Horror"" including the then scarce “Super Heroes” ending. The Tiffany was legendary in its day for the over-the-top audience participation, which included a real-life hopeful transsexual, Garrett Gafford, appearing in the pre-show cast as Frank N Furter. On more than one occasion, a real motorcycle rode around the theater during Meatloaf's “Hot Patootie” number in the movie as well. As a result of the mayhem, a number of media outlets began to cover the wild activities. It has been noted by patrons in the late '70s and early '80s that the line outside the Tiffany"
"cast at that time. The Strand cast was put together from former members of an early Berkeley group, disbanded due to less than enthusiastic management. Frank N. Furter was portrayed by Marni Scofidio, who, in 1979, attracted many of the older performers from Berkeley. Other members included Mishell Erickson and her twin sister Denise Erickson as Columbia and Magenta, Kathy Dolan as Janet, and Linda ""Lou"" Woods as Riff Raff. The Strand group performed at two large science fiction conventions in Los Angeles and San Francisco, were offered a spot at The Mabuhay, a local punk club, and performed for"
"Alias Nick Beal Alias Nick Beal is a 1949 film noir mystery film retelling of the Faust myth directed by John Farrow and starring Ray Milland, Audrey Totter and Thomas Mitchell (although third-billed, Mitchell plays the leading role). The picture is also known as Dark Circle, Strange Temptation and Alias Nicky Beal. Joseph Foster (Thomas Mitchell) an honest district attorney wants to run for governor in order to clean up the criminal underworld but can't catch their leader Frankie Faulkner (Fred Clark) no matter how hard he tries. One day a smooth talking stranger named Nick Beal (Ray Milland) visits"
"initial run of 2,960 performances. After occasional productions in the early 1980s, the play was revived for the Theatre Royal, Hanley tour in 1984 and still is performed regularly in the UK. On Wednesday 8 August 1979 The Haymarket Production of The Rocky Horror Show, presented in association with Cameron Mackintosh and Michael White, began a month-long run at Leicester's Haymarket Theatre. After its Haymarket run followed a major national tour to Wolverhampton, Norwich, Leeds, Bristol, Newcastle, Birmingham, Brighton, York, Lincoln, Southsea, Oxford, and ending at Cork, Ireland in December 1979. The lead part of Frank-N-Furter was played by Daniel"
"1 widescreen DVD. The Reivers (film) The Reivers (also known as The Yellow Winton Flyer in the UK) is a 1969 Technicolor film in Panavision starring Steve McQueen and directed by Mark Rydell based on the William Faulkner novel ""The Reivers, a Reminiscence"". The supporting cast includes Sharon Farrell, Rupert Crosse, Mitch Vogel, and Burgess Meredith as the narrator. Set in 1905, the film follows the exploits of the likable but raffish Boon Hoggenbeck (Steve McQueen), who takes an interest in a new car, a new 1905 Winton Flyer that is the property of a man named Boss (Will Geer),"
"somewhere near Denton, Texas. Seeking a telephone, the couple walk to a nearby castle where they discover a group of strange and outlandish people who are holding an Annual Transylvanian Convention. They are soon swept into the world of Dr. Frank N. Furter, a self-proclaimed ""sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania"". The ensemble of convention attendees also includes servants Riff Raff, his sister Magenta, and a groupie named Columbia. In his lab, Frank claims to have discovered the ""secret to life itself"". His creation, Rocky, is brought to life. The ensuing celebration is soon interrupted by Eddie (an ex-delivery boy, both"
"but had been killed in action while the request was being processed. North Dallas Forty North Dallas Forty is a 1979 American sports comedy-drama film starring Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, and G. D. Spradlin set in the decadent world of American professional football in the late 1970s. It was directed by Ted Kotcheff and based on the best-selling novel by Peter Gent. The screenplay was by Kotcheff, Gent, Frank Yablans, and Nancy Dowd (uncredited). This was the first film role for Davis, a popular country music recording artist. Wide receiver Phil Elliott plays for a late 1960s-era professional football team"
"Life and Times of Grizzly Adams"" and Fremont, just as Adams in the TV series, protects his family, the animals, from those that wish to harm them. Parts of the film were shot in Park City, Kamas, and Uinta National Forest in Utah. The Adventures of Frontier Fremont The Adventures of Frontier Fremont (known in the U.K. as Spirit of the Wild) is a 1976 film starring Dan Haggerty. It was one of the better Sunn Classic Pictures. Fremont (Dan Haggerty), of 19th-century St. Louis, gives up his job as a tinsmith in favor of a life in the mountains."
"The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952 film) The Outcasts of Poker Flat is a 1952 American Western film directed by Joseph M. Newman starring Anne Baxter, Dale Robertson and Miriam Hopkins. The screenplay is based on a short story of the same name by Bret Harte. Harte's story has been brought to film at least five times, including in 1919 with Harry Carey and in 1937 with Preston Foster. Ryker, a murderous western outlaw, leaves death and destruction behind after a robbery in Poker Flat and leaves the loot with his wife, Cal, before riding off. A while later, the"
"however the song was recorded in full and included on the EP for the episode. Over at the Frankenstein Place ""Over at the Frankenstein Place"" is the third song in the cult musical ""The Rocky Horror Show"", sung outside Dr. Frank N. Furter's castle in the rain in the 1975 cult film. The song is in the key of E major. ""Over at the Frankenstein Place"" is the third song in the cult musical ""The Rocky Horror Show"". The 1975 cult film includes the song being sung outside Dr. Frank N. Furter's castle in the rain, performed in the key"
"Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx is a 1970 Irish-American comedy film directed by Waris Hussein and written by Gabriel Walsh. It stars Gene Wilder as the titular Quackser Fortune, a poor Irish manure collector who falls in love with an American exchange student (Margot Kidder) after she almost runs him over. In Dublin, a working-class family has been unsuccessful in convincing their son to get a real job: the son prefers his job of scooping up horse's dung and selling it for flower gardens. An American exchange student almost"
"a total of $46,236,000 in the United States, making it the ninth highest-grossing film of 1976. Overall this figure made it the most profitable of the ""Dirty Harry"" series for seven years until the release of ""Sudden Impact"". The Enforcer (1976 film) The Enforcer is a 1976 American action thriller and the third in the ""Dirty Harry"" film series. Directed by James Fargo, it stars Clint Eastwood as Inspector ""Dirty"" Harry Callahan, Tyne Daly as Inspector Kate Moore and DeVeren Bookwalter as terrorist leader Bobby Maxwell. It was also the last film in the series to feature John Mitchum as"